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- This invention relates to a web of adhesive labels for application to articles arranged in rows.
- the invention is particularly concerned with the application of tax stamps to cigarette packages contained in cartons.
- This apparatus broadly includes the combination of means for defining a rectilinear path for concurrent lengthwise advance of the rows of articles past a predetermined locality; means for providing, at a second locality spaced from the defined path, a multiplicity of separate adhesive labels arranged, in the same number of rows as the articles, for register respectively with the upwardly facing surfaces of articles advancing in the aforementioned defined path; and means for transporting the labels (lengthwise of the rows of labels) from the second locality into contact with the upwardly facing surfaces of the advancing articles at the aforementioned predetermined locality, in such manner that the labels and the articles are moving in the same direction and at the same speed as they come into contact, while maintaining the above-described arrangement of the labels during such transport.
- the label-providing means is designed for use with labels supplied as an elongated web of flexible sheet material having one surface bearing an adhesive material and an opposite surface bearing a plurality of spaced-apart rows of label imprints extending longitudinally of the web, wherein the spacing between adjacent rows of imprints is equal to a predetermined desired spacing between applied labels on adjacent rows of articles advancing past the aforementioned predetermined locality, and the number of rows of imprints is equal to the number of such rows of articles.
- This label-delivering means includes means for advancing the web lengthwise along a path leading toward the second locality; means, positioned in the last-mentioned path, for slicing out and removing from the advancing web a longitudinal strip portion between each two adjacent rows of imprints; and means, positioned in the last-mentioned path beyond the slicing means, for cutting the advancing web transversely to separate the rows of imprints into individual labels, and for delivering the individual labels to the second locality in the above-described arrangement.
- label imprint refers to an imprinted portion of the web which, after separation from the web by the slicing and cutting means, becomes a single label, to be applied to one article; in situations where two or more label imprints as thus defined are initially undifferentiated portions of a continuous imprint (e.g. extending, transversely of the web, across a web portion which is to be sliced out), it will be understood that reference herein to spaced-apart rows of label imprints designates the disposition and arrangement on the web of those undifferentiated portions which ultimately become separate single labels.
- the label-transporting means (which constitute the means for applying the labels to the articles) may comprise a cyclically movable endless surface disposed and dimensioned for simultaneous tangential engagement with the upwardly facing surfaces of adjacent articles in all the rows of articles at the aforementioned predetermined locality as the rows of articles advance together in the defined rectilinear path, the endless surface being mounted above that path for movement in the same direction as the rows of articles at the aforementioned predetermined locality; and means for releasably holding individual labels on the endless surface at plural spaced rows of plural spaced sites positioned for register with the upwardly facing surfaces of the articles as the endless surface moves and the rows of articles advance in the defined path.
- Drive means are provided for unidirectionally advancing the rows of articles in the defined path, and moving the endless surface, at the same speed.
- the transporting means may include a drum, mounted above the defined path of article advance for rotation in a plane containing that path (i.e. in the vertical plane that contains the horizontal rectilinear center line of the defined path of article advance), and having a cylindrical periphery (constituting the endless surface) having suction openings at the aforementioned spaced sites, together with means for applying suction through the openings to hold the labels against the drum periphery at those sites.
- the label cutting and delivering means mentioned above may include a web-cutting element positioned at a third locality spaced from the second locality, and a second drum having a periphery formed with spaced rows of spaced suction openings for picking up the cut labels at the third locality and transporting them into contact with the periphery of the first-mentioned drum at the second locality for transfer thereto, means being provided for applying suction through the second-drum openings to hold the labels on the periphery of the second drum during such transport.
- the second drum is arranged for rotation in the same plane as the first drum; advantageously this plane also contains the center line of the path of advance of the web to the slicing means and the web-cutting elements.
- the orientation of the web in the last-mentioned path, and the arrangement of the first and second drums, are such that the labels are transported on the first drum with their adhesive-bearing surfaces facing outwardly, i.e. in position for contact with and adhesion to the upwardly facing surfaces of the advancing articles at the predetermined locality of label application in the defined path of article advance.
- the adhesive employed for the labels is heat-activated, and means are provided for supplying heat to activate the adhesive only as the labels are being carried on the first drum, so that the web and labels do not tend to stick to the second drum or to the web-handling elements at and ahead of the web-cutting element.
- the apparatus of the aforementioned copending application applies labels to the rows of articles while the articles are advancing past the predetermined locality at a constant speed, owing to the fact that when the labels arrive at that locality they are moving in the same direction and at the same speed as the articles and are already arranged in properly spaced positions for register with the upwardly facing surfaces of the articles; hence the rate of production is advantageously rapid as compared with known label-applying systems that require the articles to be stationary while labels are applied.
- the initial provision of the labels as spaced rows of imprints on an elongated web establishes the transverse spacing of the labels, and this transverse spacing is maintained throughout the web- and label-handling portions of the apparatus by virtue of the alignment of the paths of web and article advance with the common plane of rotation of the first and second drums, so that there is no need to displace the labels transversely (as and after they are separated) in order to position them properly for application.
- the spacing between successive suction openings in each row of openings on the drums corresponds to the requisite spacing between the label-receiving surfaces of successive articles in each row of advancing articles; the rate of web advance and cutting element operation are synchronized with the rate of rotation of the drums so that successive cut labels are picked up by successive suction openings of the second-drum periphery, thereby to provide proper longitudinal spacing between labels.
- the apparatus of the aforementioned copending application is arranged for applying labels to coplanar upwardly facing end surfaces of identically shaped, dimensioned and oriented articles arranged in groups each consisting of the same predetermined plurality of contiguous rows each containing the same predetermined plurality of contiguous articles aligned with the articles in each adjacent row, such groups being exemplified by conventional cigarette cartons each containing ten cigarette packages arranged in two rows of five packages each.
- the groups of articles are advanced in succession, lengthwise of the rows, along the aforementioned defined path.
- Means are provided for intermittently actuating the web-advancing means and the web-cutting means, in response to the advance of each group of articles along the defined path toward the predetermined locality, to deliver to the second drum a plurality of separated labels equal in number to the articles of a group.
- the apparatus may also include means, disposed in the defined path of article advance ahead of the predetermined locality, for opening the flaps of cigarette cartons to expose the package ends for application of labels, and means for reclosing the carton flaps beyond the predetermined locality.
- the apparatus may include means for interrupting operation in response to the sensed occurrence of any of the following conditions: jamming of a carton, presence of a carton flap occluding the package ends beyond the flap-opening means, absence of a label web in the path of web advance, or failure of the heating means to maintain an adequately high temperature for activation of the label adhesive.
- the label-providing and label-transporting means may be carried on a head disposed above the aforementioned predetermined locality, and means may be provided for adjusting the vertical position of the head relative to the path of article advance, thereby to accommodate articles (e.g. cigarette packages) of different heights.
- the carton-flap-opening and closing means may also be carried on this head, for vertical movement therewith.
- the invention described and claimed in the aforementioned copending application contemplates the provision of procedure for applying labels to articles, such procedure being exemplified by the operation of the apparatus and system described above.
- the present invention contemplates the provision of a web of adhesive labels for use with the apparatus and procedure described and claimed in the aforementioned copending application.
- the web of the invention is an elongated web of flexible sheet material having the adhesive material and imprints mentioned above, and provided with regularly spaced holes along its length, for use with web-advancing means comprising a wheel rotatably mounted in the path of web advance and bearing a plurality of radial pins regularly spaced around its periphery for insertion in the web holes.
- the holes are positioned between adjacent rows of label imprints, in alignment with the web portions to be sliced out between these rows, and correspond in diameter to the width of the portion to be sliced out so as to separate the sliced-out portion into short lengths for ease of removal; vacuum means may be disposed adjacent the slicing means for withdrawing these short lengths from the apparatus as they are sliced.
- the holes are disposed in register with the label imprints of adjacent rows, rather than being aligned with the spaces between successive imprints, so that when successive web lengths are spliced endwise (i.e. between successive label imprints) they can be taped together without occluding a hole.
- FIG. 1 is a simplified plan view of one form of the apparatus described and claimed in the aforementioned copending application;
- FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary side elevational view of the web-handling and label-applying elements of the apparatus
- FIG. 4 is a further enlarged plan view of a portion of a label web embodying the present invention in a particular form
- FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic view in illustration of the operation of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view taken as along the line 6--6 of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional cigarette carton, with flaps open, containing cigarette packages bearing labels applied by the apparatus of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 6 but reduced in scale and partially broken away, showing details of the label-transporting elements of the FIG. 1 apparatus;
- FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the carton-advancing elements of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 10 is a similar view of the carton-flap-opening element of the same apparatus.
- FIG. 11 is a similar view of the flap-reclosing elements of the same apparatus.
- FIG. 12 is a fragmentary view taken as along the line 12--12 of FIG. 11;
- FIGS. 13, 14, and 15 are diagrams of the control circuits of the apparatus of FIG. 1.
- each carton 12 holds ten such packages 11, arranged in two parallel contiguous rows R1 and R2 (of five packages each), extending lengthwise of the carton.
- the narrow sides of the packages in each row are contiguous with the narrow sides of the adjacent package or packages in the same row, and the broad sides of the packages lie in planes parallel to the direction in which the rows extend, while the surfaces 14 of the upwardly facing ends of all the packages in both rows lie in a common plane, and the packages in row R1 are respectively in register with those in row R2, so that the ten packages occupy a rectangular solid volume snugly surrounded laterally and below by the carton 12, which holds the packages in the described arrangement.
- Two longitudinal flaps 16a and 16b respectively extending along the opposed long top edges of the carton, can be folded overlappingly to cover the package end surfaces 14 and thereby to complete the enclosure of the packages.
- the flaps 16a and 16b are initially closed and lightly glued together; they must be opened as shown in FIG. 7, to expose the package end surfaces 14 for application of tax stamps 10 thereto.
- the cartons 12 are considered as oriented with the package end surfaces 14 facing upwardly (and lying in a horizontal plane) and with the rows R1 and R2 extending in a horizontal direction.
- Each of the stamps or labels 10 is a rectangular piece of paper bearing an imprint on its upwardly facing surface as seen in FIG. 7 and a layer of adhesive material on its downwardly facing surface as seen in FIG. 7 for affixing the stamp to the end surface 14 of a cigarette package.
- the imprint contains the name of the taxing authority and/or other identifying indicia; for security purposes, i.e. to deter counterfeiting, the imprint may comprise or include a complex intaglio-printed design. Since state laws require that each individual package 11 carry a tax stamp, it is important that the stamps not overlap the edges of the package end surfaces 14, because such overlap might cause one stamp to adhere to two packages.
- the stamps are smaller, both in length and in width, than the package end surfaces 14, and while they need not be precisely centered on the surfaces 14, all the edges of each stamp should be spaced inwardly of the edges of the end surface 14 to which it is affixed.
- the ten stamps 10 respectively applied to the ten packages 11 in a carton 12 are arranged in two parallel rows which are spaced apart laterally by a distance d 1 with the successive stamps in each row spaced apart longitudinally by distances d 2 .
- the illustrated apparatus includes a horizontal table 18 and a head 20 disposed above and movable vertically relative to the table 18, which extends for some distance to the left and to the right of the head.
- a rectilinear horizontal path for successive lengthwise advance of cartons 12 beneath the head, from left to right as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, is defined by parallel guide walls 22 and 24 mounted on the table 18 to form a laterally confined, upwardly open and open-ended carton trough 26 having a width just sufficient to accommodate the width of one carton 12 oriented as described above.
- First and second synchronously driven pusher devices are disposed adjacent successive portions of the carton path defined by walls 22, 24, for successively engaging the trailing end of a carton in that path to advance the carton along the path (i.e. along trough 26) at a constant speed from the left-hand end to the right-hand end of the table 18.
- a motor-driven horizontal infeed conveyor 32 (FIG. 1) delivers successive cartons 12 of nonstamped cigarette packages (with flaps 16a and 16b closed) sidewise to the inlet (left-hand) end of the trough 26.
- first pusher 28 which moves the carton lengthwise into and along the trough
- an axially vertical roller 34 mounted on the table 18 bears against a side surface of the advancing carton to assist in positioning it and opens the top of the carton for plow entry.
- the trailing end of the carton is next engaged by the second pusher 30, for continuing the uninterrupted advance of the carton to and beneath the head 20, past a predetermined locality or station 36 (FIG. 2) at which the tax stamps are applied to the carton, and on to the outlet (right-hand) end of the trough 26, where the carton is deposited on and removed sidewise by a motordriven horizontal outlet conveyor 38.
- a stationary plow 40 (FIGS. 2 and 10), carried by and projecting leftwardly from the head 20 above the trough 26, is positioned to be inserted just beneath the leading edges of the flaps 16a and 16b of a carton advancing along the trough, and is so shaped that the continuing advance of the carton forces the flaps upwardly and outwardly around the plow, thus opening the upwardly-facing side of the carton ahead of the locality or station 36 to expose the upwardly facing package end surfaces 14 for application of the stamps at the station 36.
- a gluing device 42 (FIGS. 1, 11 and 12) applies glue to the outer surface of the flap 16b, and a pair of stationary arms 44, 46 (FIGS.
- the gluing device may be a pot 42a filled with liquid glue 42b with a roller 42c partially immersed therein and engaging the flap 16b to carry the glue to the flap surface.
- a pair of flat horizontal bars 48 and 50 carried by the head and respectively extending along opposite sides of the trough 26 (but above the trough) adjacent the stamp-applying station 36, hold the flaps 16a and 16b in open position as the carton traverses the station 36 (FIGS.
- the ends of these bars are curved upwardly for smooth passage of the flaps beneath and beyond them.
- the plow 40 and the arms 44 are suspended from projecting support portions 52 and 54 of the head 20 by means of threaded rods 56 and 58, respectively (FIG. 2), to enable fine adjustment of their elevation for exact positioning relative to the particular cartons being processed.
- the head 20 is itself vertically movable relative to the table 18, being supported for this purpose by means shown as a plurality of axially vertical threaded rods 60 which can be rotated together, e.g. by a motor (not shown in FIG. 2) under control of a manual switch (also not shown) to raise or lower the head.
- the purpose of such adjustment of head elevation is to accommodate cigarette cartons of different heights, viz. to enable use of the same apparatus to apply stamps to packages of "regular size", “king size,” “100's” or “120's” cigarettes or to packages of cigarettes of other heights, the stamp-applying elements of the apparatus being carried by and moved vertically with the head.
- the first pusher 28 as best seen in FIGS. 1 and 9, comprises an endless chain 62 mounted on sprockets 64 (one of which is driven) for cyclical motion in a horizontal path including a run 62a extending parallel to a first, left-hand portion of the horizontal rectilinear path of lengthwise advance of the cartons 12 on the table 18, including the inlet portion of trough 26.
- a plurality of lugs 66 pivotally mounted on the chain 62 at localities spaced horizontally by a distance greater than the length of one carton 12, project into the path of carton advance for engagement, respectively, with the trailing ends 12a of successive cartons delivered to the table 18 by the infeed conveyor 32.
- the second pusher 30, like pusher 28, includes a chain 70 mounted on sprockets 72 for horizontal cylical movement including a run 74 that extends rightwardly from pusher 28 along the remainder of trough 26, past and beyond the head 20.
- the chain 70 likewise bears a plurality of lugs 76, positioned to project into the trough 26 and spaced along the chain for respectively engaging the trailing ends of successive cartons 12 in the trough, the chain being driven (through one of its sprockets) so that in run 74 it and its lugs advance from left to right as seen in FIG. 1.
- the two pushers are so disposed that a lug 76 of the second pusher engages a carton trailing end while a lug 66 of the first pusher is still in engagement with that carton end, so that (with the pushers synchronously driven, as stated, at the same speed) each carton is advanced lengthwise from left to right, by the two pushers in succession, along the full length of the trough 26 without interruption and at a constant linear velocity.
- the present invention in its illustrated embodiment, as arranged for use with the described apparatus, is a supply of the stamps or labels 10 in the form of a unitary elongated strip or web 78 of paper (FIG. 4) having one surface bearing an adhesive material and an opposite surface (viz. the surface shown in FIG. 4) bearing a multiplicity of stamp or label imprints 80 arranged in two rows S1 and S2 (i.e. for application to the two rows of cigarette packages in a carton 12). As illustrated in FIG.
- the imprints in each row are spaced apart longitudinally and are aligned with the corresponding imprints in the other row; the two rows of imprints S1 and S2 extend lengthwise of the web 78 and are spaced apart laterally (transversely of the web) by a distance equal to the desired spacing d 1 (FIG. 7) between applied stamps on the two rows of cigarette packages in a carton 12.
- the web 78 also has an array of holes 82 disposed at regular intervals along its length, between the two rows S1 and S2 of imprints 80 and (as a particular feature of the invention) in register with successive imprints in those rows.
- the adhesive used for the web 78 is a heat-activated adhesive.
- the elements of the apparatus for applying the stamps to the cigarette packages are carried by the head 20 and are best seen in FIGS. 2, 3, 6 and 8. These elements include a spindle 84 rotatably supporting a coil 86 of the web 78; a web feed pinwheel 88 for advancing the web longitudinally from the coil; a slicer 90 for cutting, from the advancing web, a central longitudinal strip portion; a cutter 92 for cutting the web transversely into individual stamps or labels; a vacuum transfer drum 94 for transporting the cut labels or stamps from the locality of the cutter; and a vacuum applicator drum 96 for receiving the stamps from the transfer drum and delivering them to the end surfaces 14 of the cigarette packages in a carton 12 advancing past the station 36.
- the web 78 advances past a splicing table 98, a switch 2LS having a sensor 100 for detecting the presence or absence of a web in the path of web advance, and a succession of guide rolls 102, 104, 106, 108, 110 which aid in defining the web path of advance and maintain appropriate tension on the web as it advances.
- the coil 86, the aforementioned guide rolls, the pinwheel 88, and the vacuum drums 94 and 96 are all mounted on the head for rotation (about horizontal axes) in a common vertical plane which contains the horizontal center line of the path of rectilinear advance of the cartons 12 in the trough 26 past the station 36.
- This plane longitudinally bisects the advancing web 78 throughout its path of advance and of course lies between the two rows R1 and R2 of cigarette packages in an advancing carton at station 36.
- the pinwheel 88 bears a plurality of radial pins 112 regularly spaced around its periphery for insertion in the holes 82 of the web 78, and these pins are disposed in the last-mentioned plane of rotation.
- the two rows of imprints S1 and S2 in the coil of web 86 mounted on spindle 84 are already aligned in vertical planes with the loci of the two rows R1 and R2 of cigarette packages at station 36, being appropriately spaced apart by the width of the central web portion between them; hence they do not undergo any transverse movement, relative to each other or to the aforementioned plane of rotation, at any point during their advance from the coil 86 to the station 36.
- the slicer 90 which the web traverses beyond the pinwheel 88, comprises a set of rotary knives respectively disposed above and below the path of web advance, having paired knife edges disposed for rotation in vertical planes in position to cut, from the web, a longitudinal central strip portion midway between the imprint rows S1 and S2, the width of this cutaway strip being (as indicated in FIG. 4) equal to the distance d 1 between the two rows of applied stamps on the cigarette packages.
- the web has the appearance indicated at 116 in FIG. 4, which shows the two rows of imprints separated longitudinally by the cutting away of the central portion at 118.
- the holes 82 have a diameter substantially equal to the width d 1 of the cutaway portion of the web so that, as the slicer 90 cuts this portion, it is separated into short lengths by successive holes 82, for ease of removal from the equipment.
- a web scrap conduit 120 may be mounted adjacent the slicer 90 on the head 20 (FIG. 3) for removal of these short scrap lengths by vacuum (suction) as they fall from the slicer.
- the cutter 92 positioned beyond the slicer 90 and also mounted for rotation in a vertical plane, bears a straight knife edge 122 that extends transversely of the advancing web for cutting the rows of imprints S1 and S2 (which have already been separated longitudinally by the slicer) transversely into individual stamps as indicated at 123 in FIG. 4.
- the knife edge 122 acts against a support surface schematically shown at 124 in FIG. 3.
- Cutter 92 is driven intermittently in synchronism with the pinwheel 88 so that it intersects and cuts the separated rows S1 and S2 of the web between successive imprints as the web is fed forward by the pinwheel 88.
- Each of the drums 94 and 96 is a hollow member having a cylindrical periphery with two rows of apertures or suction openings formed in the periphery.
- the two rows of suction openings 126 formed in its periphery are spaced apart by a distance equal to the distance between the centers of imprints in the rows S1 and S2.
- These two rows of openings 126 are respectively disposed in the aforementioned vertical planes containing the imprint rows S1 and S2 in coil 86 as well as the loci of rows R1 and R2 at station 36.
- Each of the two rows of suction openings 196 on drum 94 extends around the periphery of the drum with successive openings spaced apart by distances equal to the distance between center points of successive stamps 10 as applied to cigarette packages in a row (R1 or R2) at station 36.
- the drum 94 is a hollow shell mounted for rotation on a shaft 128 and having an open forward side which is closed by a head 130.
- the drum 94 and head 130 cooperatively provide an enclosed, confined space within the drum, to which suction is applied from an airpump 132 through conduit 134 mounted in the head 130 so as to provide a suction or vacuum condition within the drum 94 that acts through the openings 126 to hold individual stamps 10 against the outer surface of the cylindrical periphery of the drum.
- stamps 10 are thus held by suction, at the locations of the openings 126, they are properly spaced both transversely and longitudinally for application to the exposed end surfaces 14 of cigarette packages in a carton 12 at station 36.
- the drum 96 though larger in diameter than drum 94, is of similar construction, comprising a forwardly open hollow shell rotatably mounted on shaft 135 with a cylindrical periphery bearing two rows of suction openings 136 respectively disposed in the same vertical planes as the two rows of openings 126 of the drum 94 and spaced apart in each row by distances corresponding to the above-described longitudinal spacing of successive openings 126 in the drum 94.
- the drum 96 is also enclosed by a stationary head 138 to provide a confined chamber within the drum to which suction is applied from pump 132 by line 140 (FIG. 8).
- this suction serves to hold stamps 110 on the peripheral surface of the drum 96 at locations (determined by the positions of the suction openings 136) for register respectively with successive cigarette package ends 14 in the two rows R1 and R2 at station 36.
- the two drums 94 and 96 are both driven continuously by the main motor of the apparatus, with drum 94 rotating clockwise and drum 96 counterclockwise, as seen in FIG. 3.
- the drum 96 is disposed for tangential engagement of its cylindrical peripheral stamp-bearing surface with the exposed upwardly facing end surfaces 14 of the two rows of cigarette packages in a carton 12 at station 36, and its direction of rotation is such that its peripheral surface and the end surfaces 14 of the advancing cigarette packages are moving in the same direction at the point of such tangential engagement at station 36.
- the drum 94 is so disposed that stamps carried on its cylindrical periphery come into-tangential engagement with the cylindrical periphery of drum 96 at a locality 142 above station 36.
- the drum 94 is so positioned that as the two separated rows of imprints of the web 78 are cut transversely into individual stamps 10 by the cutter 92, those cut stamps are picked up and held by suction on the periphery of the drum 94.
- the stamps, as cut by the cutter 92 are carried by the drum 94 from the cutting locality to the drum 96 at locality 142, being there transferred to the drum 96.
- means shown as stationary vacuum interrupter 144 may be disposed within the drum 94 adjacent the locality 142 for interrupting suction through the openings 126 at the locality 142, thereby to release the stamps for pickup by drum 96, i.e. by the suction applied to the openings 136.
- the web 78 in the coil 86 is oriented with its printed surface facing outwardly, and the path of web advance from the coil is so arranged that as the cut stamps arrive at the transfer drum 94, they are picked up by that drum with their imprints facing outwardly and their adhesive surfaces against the drum periphery. Owing, however, to the fact that the adhesive of the stamps is heat activated, the stamps do not tend to stick to the periphery of the drum 94, because they are not exposed to heat until after they leave that drum.
- a heater 148 is mounted within the drum 96, in position to raise the temperature of the stamps as they are carried on the drum periphery from locality 142 to station 36, and is operated at a temperature sufficient to activate the stamp adhesive so that the stamps will adhere to the cigarette packages at station 36.
- a switch 3LS is positioned in the path of carton advance in the trough 26 ahead of the station 36, and is provided with a sensor 150 disposed to be pushed by an advancing carton, thereby to actuate the switch.
- This switch 3LS in response to the sensed advance of a carton, initiates the intermittent drive of pinwheel 88 and cutter 92 to advance the two rows of imprints S1 and S2 by five imprints each, and thereby to deliver to the periphery of the transfer drum 94 ten cut stamps (i.e. two rows of five).
- the rate of cutting of the stamps by the cutter 92 is synchronized with the continuous rotation of the drum 94, so that successive stamps of each row arrive at the drum periphery as successive holes 126 pass the cutting locality.
- the requisite longitudinal spacing between successive imprints is achieved by this cooperation of cutter 92 and drum 94; i.e., the longitudinal spacing between successive stamps, beyond the cutter, is determined by the longitudinal spacing between successive openings 126 on drum 94, and is typically greater than the spacing between successive imprints 80 on the uncut web 78.
- the transverse spacing between rows of stamps is determined by the initial spacing between rows of imprints on the web.
- the drums 94 and 96 rotate synchronously and with the same peripheral velocity.
- the stamps (with their adhesive surfaces facing outwardly as heat is applied to actuate the adhesive) are arranged in positions for register respectively with successive cigarette package ends of the two rows of packages in an advancing carton 12 at station 36.
- the peripheral velocity of the drum 96 is the same as the constant linear velocity at which a carton 12 advances along trough 26.
- the apparatus delivers exactly ten stamps (two rows of five each) to the station 36 for each advancing carton, the action of the web feed pinwheel 88 and cutter 92 being halted at these increments.
- the apparatus includes a main motor 152, the output of which continuously synchronously drives the pushers 28 and 30, the drums 94 and 96, and the slicer 90.
- the motor 152 also supplies drive to a solenoid-operated clutch 154, which, when engaged, transmits drive to the web feed pinwheel 88 and the cutter 92. Engagement of this clutch is initiated by switch 3LS, i.e. when an advancing carton trips that switch as described above, and continues for a period just sufficient to feed forward five stamps in each of the rows S1 and S2.
- a main motor control 156 is operable by a manual start/stop switch 158 to initiate or interrupt output from the main motor 152, and is also operated to interrupt main motor output drive under any of the following conditions:
- FIGS. 13-15 Further details of one arrangement of control circuitry for the apparatus are shown in FIGS. 13-15.
- the illustrated circuitry controls the operation of the main motor 152 which drives the first and second pushers 28 and 30, the vacuum transfer and applicator drums 94 and 96, the slicer 90, and (through the solenoid-operated clutch 154) the cutter 92 and web feed pinwheel 88; a motor for driving the infeed conveyor 32; a motor for driving the output conveyor 38; the heater 148 for the applicator drum; and the vacuum pumps for the transfer and applicator drums and web scrap conduit.
- the main motor 152 which drives the first and second pushers 28 and 30, the vacuum transfer and applicator drums 94 and 96, the slicer 90, and (through the solenoid-operated clutch 154) the cutter 92 and web feed pinwheel 88; a motor for driving the infeed conveyor 32; a motor for driving the output conveyor 38; the heater 148 for the applicator drum; and the vacuum pumps for the transfer and applicator drum
- a common 220 v. A.C. power supply under control of manually operable triple-pole switch DISC provides current for 110 v. A.C. outlets for the vacuum sources (under control of a manual "vacuum on” switch) and the heater; 220 v. A.C. bus lines 3L, 4L; and a transformer TSF having a 110 v. A.C. output.
- Various elements of the system are operated by limit switches (LS), and/or by control relays (K) having contacts which will be described as normally open if they are open when the relay is not energized, or normally closed if they are closed when the relay is not energized.
- control relay K5 When the START button is pressed, i.e. with switch DISC closed, control relay K5 is energized through closed limit switch 1LS, normally closed contacts K8-1, the STOP switch, closed limit switch 2LS, and normally closed contacts K9-1, thereby closing normally open contacts K5-2 (so that K5 remains energized when the START button is released) and K5-1, energizing control relays K2 and K3.
- Energization of K3 closes normally open contacts K3-1 to start the output conveyor drive TB5A115.
- Energization of K2 closes normally open contacts K2-1 and K2-2, to start the main motor drive TB5230, while opening normally closed contacts K2-1', K2-2', and K2-3. This initiates continuous drive of the two pushers and the transfer and applicator drums, assuming (as further explained below) that all conditions (heater temperature, web flap position and carton alignment) are proper for operation.
- Closure of switch DISC also energizes control relay K7 through closed limit switch 3LS and normally closed contacts TDR-1 of time delay relay TDR, which is simultaneously energized. Thereupon, normally open contacts K7-2 close, so that when contacts TDR-1 open at a predetermined interval following energization of TDR, K7 remains energized.
- K7 opens normally closed contacts K7-1 (which control energization of the clutch-engaging solenoid ISOL) and closes normally open contacts K7-1' (which control energization of the clutch-disengaging solenoid 2SOL); consequently, the clutch 154, which transmits drive from the main motor 152 to the cutter and web feed pinwheel, remains disengaged as long as K7 is energized.
- Cam switch CS3 closes, to enable K7 to be re-energized (disengaging the clutch 154) when 3LS is released for reclosure by passage of the trailing end 12a of the carton 12. This cycle is repeated upon advance of the next succeeding carton into switch-opening contact with 3LS.
- the misaligned carton opens 1LS (the misalignment switch of the first pusher), de-energizing K2 and K3.
- Contacts K2-1 and K2-2 thereupon open, halting the main motor 152 and the output conveyor motor so as to arrest the pushers, the transfer and applicator drums, and the output conveyor as well as preventing drive of the pinwheel and cutter.
- 1LS Upon realignment or removal of the carton, 1LS recloses, and manual depression of the START button restores drive to the main motor and output conveyor, enabling resumption of operation.
- the stamps may have already been delivered to the transf er and/or applicator drums 94 and 96 but are held thereon by the vacuum while the drums themselves are arrested by the stopping of the main motor. Also, if the heater temperature is too low, thermal sensor switch THS-1 closes to energize control relay K9 and open normally closed contacts K9-1, once more disengaging K2 and K3 to halt the main motor and the output conveyor. Manual depression of the STOP button has the same effect. In each case, after the interrupting condition has been corrected, operation can be resumed by manually depressing the START button.
- the head up-down motor M1 connected across the output of TSF, can be manually operated in either direction by appropriate positioning of double-pole-double-throw switch S1, whenever switch DISC is closed.
- the system also includes vacuum pumps (1/2 HP thermal overload) connected between 220 v. buslines 3L, 4L; a daily counter CTR 1 in parallel with a control relay K10 and actuated by each closure of contacts K7-1 (corresponding to application of stamps to one carton); and a total counter CTR 2 actuated by each closure of normally open contacts K10-1 upon energization of K10.
- the system has a reference heater and control connected in parallel with the applicator drum heater; a relay K1 with normally open contacts K1-1 and K1-2 for preventing current flow through bus lines 3L and 4L in the absence of an output from transformer TSF; and indicator lights for showing "power on” and “low heat” conditions.
- the pinwheel advances the web 78 longitudinally (in a direction parallel to the rows of imprints S1 and S2) past the continuously driven slicer 90 to the cutter 92, by an increment equal to five successive imprints in each row, and then halts until the switch 3LS is tripped by the next advancing carton; the slicer removes a longitudinal strip portion of the web between the rows S1 and S2, and the cutter cuts the separated rows transversely into individual stamps which are picked up, as they are cut, by the suction openings 126 of the transfer drum 94.
- the rotation of the transfer drum advances the two cut rows of five stamps each (again in a longitudinal direction with respect to the rows) to the locality 142, where the stamps are picked up by the suction openings 136 of the continuously rotating applicator drum 96, and carried by the rotation of that drum (with their adhesive-bearing surfaces exposed) to the locality or station 36, while the heater 148 within drum 96 activates the stamp adhesive.
- the carton 12 which initiated delivery of the stamps, having been opened by plow 40 to expose the package end surfaces 14, is advancing to the station 36.
- the leading packages in the two rows R1 and R2 in the carton arrive at station 36 at the same time as the leading stamps 10 on drum 96. Since the ten stamps on drum 96 are in position for register, respectively, with the ten package end surfaces 14 of the carton, and since the surfaces 14 and the stamp-bearing drum periphery are moving at the same speed and in the same direction at station 36, the stamps are applied to the package ends as the carton and drum continue to move, the exposed and activated adhesive securing the stamps to the packages. It will be noted (see FIG.
- the carton flap 16b is glued and the flaps are reclosed (by means of arms 44, 46), after which the pusher 30 delivers the carton to the outlet conveyor.
- the system In the event of malfunction, the system is halted by the appropriate switch (1LS, 2LS, 4LS, or THS) until the malfunction is corrected, and operation is then resumed.
- stamps can be applied to the packages of a virtually continuous succession of cigarette cartons at a high rate of production (up to 120 cartons per minute, in an illustrative instance) yet in an error-free manner, i.e. without misapplication or loss of stamps.
- the structure and operation of the apparatus, and the correction of malfunctions, are advantageously simple. Cartons of different heights (cigarettes of different lengths) can readily be accommodated by appropriately adjusting the elevation of the head 20 relative to the table 18.
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